With age comes a natural decline in cognitive function, even among otherwise healthy adults without dementia. A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for decades.

There’s no shortage of online games and apps that promise to protect brain health and sharpen cognitive function. But despite bold claims, little research has actually proved they work. A new study, ...

According to Alzheimer’s Disease International, more than 55 million people around the world were living with dementia in 2020, and that number is expected to hit 78 million by 2030. Funded by the ...

So-called "brain training" games may help guard against Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, a new study suggests. The research found some older adults who completed specific cognitive ...

Researchers who tracked thousands of older adults over more than two decades found that certain brain-training exercises may help delay the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The ...

Here’s what experts want you to know about the findings. Eating the best foods for brain health, exercising, and staying social are key for keeping your mind sharp with age. Now, scientists say ...

BALTIMORE — A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to new research. Surprisingly, it wasn't memory or problem-solving ...

Will these people never leave us alone? Researchers have released yet another brain-health study, this one finding that people who played a speed-training video game for a mere 23 hours dramatically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you’re learning something new, your brain is using acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that has been shown to be deficient in ...

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to new research. Surprisingly, it wasn’t memory or problem-solving tasks that ...